About this Class

Take this family-friendly class to learn the basics of how to solder for electronics. Beginners are welcome! This class is for adults, but children aged 10 and older are welcome to accompany their parents. In this class, you will learn about safety when Soldering, then familiarization with using a Soldering Iron, Solder, Solder wick, Solder suckers, grounding, and more.

This is a hands on class. Students will be learning to solder on a small Simon-like game with LED's, buttons and a buzzer. (There is a materials fee of $20 associated with this class.) What you Make, you take home with you!

About the Instructor

Curtis Soldano is a long time technologist, tinkerer and maker who wants to share his excitement for using cool tech to make cool stuff. He has been with Hacker Lab since before the establishment of the mid-town location and has volunteered his time on many occasions to help grow Hacker Lab by providing elbow grease and skilled electrical maintenance and installations. Curtis’ educational foundation is in Digital Electronics and separately he attained his California State Electrical Contractor license in 2004 after apprenticing for his father in the family business for many years. Curtis’ also worked for over 20 years as producer for top tier tech and entertainment companies like EA, Disney, Atari, Playdom, E*TRADE, GSN and Sega.